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Bibi and Bandar Badger Obama: Better Six Billion than Six Trillion!
Franklin Lamb
Damascus
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states—Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates—along with certain Arab League countries, plus Turkey and Israel, have this past week reportedly committed themselves to raising nearly $6 billion to “beef up” the just-hatched Islamic Front (IF) in Syria. These “best friends of America” want the Obama administration to sign onto a scheme to oust the Syrian government by funding, arming, training, facilitating and generally choreographing the movement of fighters of this new front, a front formed out of an alliance of seven putatively “moderate” rebel factions.
Obama's Rogue Agenda
by Stephen Lendman
On Wednesday, Obama addressed income inequality. He called it "the defining challenge of our time." He did so disingenuously.
Throughout his tenure, he's transferred America's wealth to corporate interests and super-rich elites. He stole it from ordinary people doing so.
Even Wall Street Journal editors said "few presidents have done more to increase inequality than he has."
Median household income fell throughout his tenure. It's 4.2% lower than when he took office. It keeps heading south.
Rich investors profited hugely. Most never had it so good. "Mr. Obama is Chief Economist of Nottingham posing as Robin Hood," said Journal editors.
Global War on Terrorism is Killing Mankind: Why Soldiers Commit Suicide?
Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja
We should be saddened but not shocked when we see the broken men and women return from battles overseas. We should be angry with those who send them to suffer and die in unnecessary wars. We should be angry with those who send them to kill so many people overseas for no purpose whatsoever. We should be afraid of the consequences of such a foolish and dangerous foreign policy. We should demand an end to the abuse of military members and a return to a foreign policy that promotes peace and prosperity instead of war and poverty.
(Congressman Ron Paul comments when Daniel Somers wrote the last letter: “The Death of Daniel Somers.” Information Clearing House, 6/24/ 2013).
Honoring Lynne Stewart
by Stephen Lendman
Just societies erect statues to do so. They bestow tributes. America persecutes its best. Lynne is a longtime human rights champion. She deserves high praise, not punishment.
She remains unjustifiably imprisoned. She's there for her powerful advocacy. She devoted her professional life to defending society's most disadvantaged. She did it because it matters. She's dying. She has Stage Four cancer. Prison authorities denied her request for compassionate release. Duplicitous reasons were given. A second request was submitted. No action so far was taken.
Obama wants her dead. A stroke of his pen could release her straightaway. Compassion isn't his long suit. Nor is justice.
Obama Hardball Interview: A Waste of My Time
Timothy Gatto
The President, interviewed on MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews, proved once again, that Obama is a great public speaker and orator, While Matthew's questions were probing and insightful, the core questions on why the American people are skeptical of government were not fully addressed.
I can understand why a political commentator would let the President get away with not completely addressing a question because of limitations set by the Executive branch on a media outlet that essentially supports this political party this President belongs to. I have no such constraints. I can write and say anything I wish to say, for the time being. If I had President Obama to interview on my radio show or on an independent TV show with no restrictions, I would have asked this question: "Why is the Middle Class in America declining at the fastest rate in history and why do the top 20% of people have 95.7% of the wealth in this country (excluding home ownership) and the bottom 80% of the country have only 4.7% of this nations' wealth?
Orange Revolution 2.0?
by Stephen Lendman
Ongoing Ukrainian protests bear its earmarks. Whether it succeeds remains to be seen.
Ordinary Ukrainians are being manipulated. Internal street thugs are involved. They're militants. They've been recruited to cause trouble. They're mostly young. They're Western oriented.
Washington's dirty hands are involved. Color revolutions are a US specialty. At issue is eliminating independent sovereign states. It's co-opting former Soviet Republics. It's drawing them into NATO. It's increasing American dominance. It's using EU membership as bait. It's doing so despite no tangible benefits. Promises made to be broken substitute. Weakening Russia is prioritized.
Unindicted US War Criminals v. Iran
by Stephen Lendman
Former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and George Shultz are two of America's worst.
Kissinger was an early architect of new world order harshness. He's guilty of multiple crimes of war, against humanity and genocide. Just societies would have imprisoned him long ago.
His rap sheet includes millions of deaths, mass destruction, and unspeakable human misery. He deplores peace. He endorses state-sponsored terror. He was a leading practitioner in government.
He symbolizes imperial lawlessness. So does Shultz. He was Nixon's Treasury Secretary. He represented Wall Street.
From 1974 - 1982, he served as Bechtel Group's president. It's a predatory privately owned company. It has close Republican ties. It profits hugely from US imperial wars. Often it's by secret no-bid contracts.
France Lies for Israel
by Stephen Lendman
Overall French/Israeli ties are longstanding. France's ambassador to Israel, Patrick Maisonneuve, said President Francois Hollande "is a close friend of the State of Israel."
Netanyahu said both countries work closely together "to advance and deepen bilateral strategic and economic relations."
The relationship includes supporting the worst crimes both countries commit. Their rap sheets are long and loathesome.
Israel murdered Yasser Arafat. Polonium poisoning killed him. Switzerland's Radiophysique (SR) analysis proved it. SR director Dr. Francois Bochud said:
"I can confirm to you that we measured an unexplained, elevated amount of unsupported polonium-210 in the belongings of Mr. Arafat that contained stains of biological fluids."
Are we stupid?
By Alan Hart
The following is the text of the address I made to the Seek, Speak and Spread Truth Conference in London yesterday, 23 November. Its main thrust is about the need for citizens to become politically engaged to make democracy work (before it’s as dead as the two-state solution for Israel-Palestine) in order for our children and grandchildren to have the real prospect of a future worth having.
I want to start with a promise. I won’t be disturbed and you won’t be disturbed by my mobile ‘phone because I don’t have one. I have thrown mine away because I am trying to stay human.
Britain's War on Press Freedom
by Stephen Lendman
Press freedom is too important to lose. The right to express thoughts and opinions freely is fundamental. Without it all others are at risk.
It's being assaulted in America. It's at risk in Britain. Both countries are democracies in name only. Britain has no constitutional free expression right.
Police state ruthlessness threatens America's First Amendment. Waging war on freedom is official policy in both countries.
They're partners in crime. Modern technology makes it easy. Ordinary people are targeted. So are newspaper editors and columnists.
Alan Rusbridger is London's Guardian's editor-in-chief. Last August, he discussed real dangers reporters face. He was contacted by an official claiming to represent Prime Minister David Cameron's office.
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